Never explain--your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.Elbert Hubbard (1856 - 1915)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

A man told the ringmaster that he was interested in joining the circus as a lion tamer. The ringmaster asked if he had any experience and the man said, "Why, yes. My father was one of the most famous lion tamers in the world, and he taught me everything he knew."

"Really?" said the ringmaster. "Did he teach you how to make a lion jump through a flaming hoop?"

"Yes he did," the man replied.

"And did he teach you how to have six lions form a pyramid?"

"Yes he did," the man replied.

"And have you ever stuck your head in a lion's mouth?"

"Just once," the man replied.

The ringmaster asked, "Why only once?"

And the man said, "I was looking for my father."~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This little fella joins the lazaratian Monks order and takes a vow of silence. However, he's promised by the head Monk that he can speak two words per year.

After the first year the head Monk asks him his two words for the year. He replies ... "More Blankets"

After his second year the head Monk asks him again his two words for the year. He replies ... "More Food"

After the third year the head Monk asks him his two words for the year. He replies ... "I'm Leaving"

The Head Monk says ... "Thank God...you've done nothing but moan since you got here!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Two cannibals in the jungle are standing over a fire with a large boiling pot, stirring the soup with wooden spoons. One cannibal says to the other, "I hate my mother in law, I really don't like her at all, she really makes me sick". The other cannibal says "So just eat the noodles".~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

A man had just been laid off from work. He was standing on the railing of a high bridge getting read to jump off, when he happened to look down and see a little man with no arms dancing all around on the river bank below.

He thought to himself, "Life isn't so bad after all," and got off the railing.

He then walked down to the river bank to thank the little man for saving his life.

"Thank you," he said. "I was going to jump off that bridge and kill myself, but when I saw you dancing even though you have no arms, I changed my mind."

Colonel Sanders walks up to the Pope one day and says, I'll give you $5,000 if you change the words in the bible 'Give us this day our daily bread' to 'give us this day our daily chicken'".

The Pope replys, "Sorry, I cannot change the words of the Bible". Sanders says, "How about $7,000?". "Sorry, I cannot", The Pope replys. "$8,000"?, Sanders tries again. The Pope thinks about it and says, "Well, alright".

Later he goes to the cardinals and says, "I have good news and bad news. The good is we're $8,000 richer. The bad is that we lost our endorsement with Wonder Bread."~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The lookout aboard a clipper ship spots a pirate ship approaching, and yells down to the captain. The captain orders the bosun to bring his red shirt. The captain puts on his red shirt, and successfully leads his crew in fighting off the pirates. The next day, the lookout spots TWO pirate ships approaching. He yells to the captain, who again orders the bosun to bring his red shirt. The captain again wears the red shirt as they successfully repel the pirates. After the battle the bosun asks, "Captain, why do you always wear the red shirt in battle?" The captain replies, "Because, if I am wounded, the crew will not see the blood and lose their courage." The next day the lookout spots SIX pirate ships approaching and yells to the captain. Anticipating the order, the bosun immediately brings the red shirt. "To heck with that!" says the captain. "Bring me my brown pants!"~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

A man goes to his doctor for a complete checkup. He hasn't been feeling well and wants to find out if he's ill. After the checkup the doctor comes out with the results of the examination. "I'm afraid I have some bad news. You're dying and you don't have much time," the doctor says. "Oh no, that's terrible. How long have I got?", the man asks."10..." says the doctor. "10? 10 what? Months? Weeks? What?!" he asks desperately.

"10...9...8...7..."~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

In Jerusalem, a female CNN journalist heard about a very old Jewish man who had been going to the Wailing Wall to pray, twice a day, everyday, for a long, long time. So she went to check it out. She went to the Wailing Wall and there he was!

She watched him pray and after about 45 minutes, when he turned to leave, she approached him for an interview. "I'm Rebecca Smith from CNN. Sir, how long have you been coming to the Wall and praying?"

"For about 60 years."

"60 years! That's amazing! What do you pray for?"

"I pray for peace between the Christians, Jews and the Muslims. I pray for all the hatred to stop and I pray for all our children to grow up in safety and friendship."

"How do you feel after doing this for 60 years?"

"Like I'm talking to a wall."~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Good morning everyboomie.

Come in and grab a chair and have a bowl of Cheerios.

You can sip & surf, chat & chew, or just sit in Ana's corner and stare at her while she works, until she takes you for a walk in the woods.

You may regret that though.

Her walks are extreme.

You could come to Lowe's and watch me work, but I warn you it's not very good for your feet.

If you just want to relax and do something that takes minimal energy, try my sister's favorite pastime of watching paint dry.

But then you need to find someone to put the paint on first.

My sister has a way around that. She takes a water pistol and sprays the wall, and pretends it's "wet paint".

Have a happy day everyone.

joe

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"Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier 'n puttin' it back in." Will Rogers

Good morning everyone. We had a Great time yesterday. We saw lots of different birds, turtles, and gators. Nan, she just got a boat ride. We used to own a Pontoon boat, but the upkeep was too expensive. We were on a first name basis with the mobile mechanic. Ana, Good luck to you and Peter. Breakfast out and some shopping today. To all here and all who follow, have a Wonderful Sunday. Danish, Eggs, Bacon, Sausage, Hash Browns, and English Muffins, in the NC.

Sorry I couldn't come here yesterday, got a phone call from my Mum. She fell in her kitchen and broke her arm. So instead of calling Emergency, she called me, and I organized everything from faraway Italy She's at home again, with arm in plaster, and I could use some prayers for her please. Thank you.I have two more appointments here in Italy, but I will drive home earlier than planed to help Mum with the chores. Sis is on holiday and bro... well.... he is who he is, means not much help from that side... >sigh<

Welcome back Joe!

Ana: what is meat tenderizers? You say that is working for mosquito bites too? I have approx. 1 Mio mosquito bites already and I never found anything that helps. So please, enlighten me. Thank you sweetie.

I wish you all a happy Sunday, not too hot, a cool breeze and the frig full of lemonade.

Hugs!

Evelyne

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Good Morning everyone, thought maybe if I post really early, for me that is, the day won't take off with me!! So good to see you in your rare form, Joe. Hugs to you and I hope you have a good day. Ana, here's the best to you and Peter, good luck!! Hi Haroula, Sue and venus, I hope you have a good day respectively! Gail, I hope your weather is not so hot and that the thunderboomers haven't bothered you too much. My cousin in Norwell said they were pretty super-terrific the last couple of days. I know about boats a little bit, Connie, they can nickle and dime you to death.....but so much fun. Hi Space, hope you are enjoying the last half of your time out. Oh Evelyne! I'm so sorry about your poor mum. I hope she isn't in pain. Please drive safely when you leave and let us know how she is. Hugs to you. Hi Soot, have fun with the dishwasher and Hullo to you too L4L, enjoy your S&S! 'Morning Nan, I hope you are feeling well and that you have a great day. To all else who come later, Hello!! Happy Gaming everyone!!

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Overcast, gonna rain so they say. Ha. I'll never see a drop, but those fires burning North and East of me sure could use some 'intervention'. Now they predict flash floods for burned out areas and desert. It never ends.

Cool today, decided to wear shorts. Silly me.

School starts Tomorrow!!! No more kids wreaking havoc in the neighborhood. Dunno why the activity slows when they are back to school. Still have evenings to do it. Ah, and last night, 12:30 am, BANG, another firecracker across the corner. I'm so tired of it all. I think that family (generations of them) just do it as a tradition. One or two kabooms and that's it for the night. So stupid.

Apartment lady drunk whose 'boytoy' moved out a few months back (she said he did it for a job, I figure he got kicked out) now has a new boytoy. She has taken up with another guy from the apartments. He's the one who took over the drug selling business and now she's all cozy with him. Other guy who moved was coming back and forth every few days and staying for an hour or so 'visiting'. THEN one day, the police were all over the neighborhood and the apartments. We had seen his car parked 3 blocks away on our walk and sure enough, after the police left, there he was with her walking to the corner and then he scooted very fast to his car and was gone. We never saw him again. Guess they were after him and he figured it wasn't safe to visit her anymore. Good for the neighborhood.

JOE!! soooo happy to see you back~Hugs to you buddy~ peace be with you~

just came home for the afternoon lunch breakat the horse show, Maddy mo's caretakerdidn't show him today she's on vaction.she did really weell with him at the lastfew shows. he hasn't been limping at allon his back leg or front leg for over 3 months and now he's limping again on both, i think its cause he's been running a LOT in his pasturewith his new buddy , theirs a brand new babyfilly right next door to him its sooooocute!

I want to THANK YOU all sooooooooooooooooomuch for all yours PRAYERS and well wishesand hugs for me and my mom` you guysare the mosT awesome GROUP OF PEOPLEIN THE WORLD~

i am finally able to get around betterwith only having one knee now~they need totake my other knee off too but my heartsnot strong enough for the surgerysoooooo oh well I'll just keep buzzingaround on my awesome sweetest 4 wheel scooter that I got from my SIL dad. its sooocool first i had a 3 wheelscooter and i kept tipping over all the time so got rid of that thing~

time to go back to the horseshow to hand outribbons!

Have a very nice day everybody~Karen

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"Horses are smart"

"You never heard of a Horse going broke"betting on Humans~ Will Rogers~

Just finished some Old Fashioned Apple Cake with brown Sugar icing. Really good, and the icing was easy. Once I tasted it, I decided I'd had it before at church socials, etc.

Son is on his way home and then the boys will be here for the next week. Keoki is finally understanding that he must lie down and be still, but he will sneak off if something spooks him. Have to be vigilant.

I am uber sleepy.

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Hi all. I feel like I've been gone forever. I don't think anybody missed me much. Oh well. I didn't have a computer available so I couldn't reach you guys. I left on Friday morning for Connecticut for the wedding and got back today. It was a lot of work but I love The Blisses so it was a pleasure to help them.

Ana best of luck to you and Peter in the race. I know you'll do great.

Awww Midgie, I remembered you were going on a trip and I wondered if you would run into some of the severe weather they were talking about on The Weather Channel. I'm very glad to see you back all safe and sound. Glad you are feeling better Karen, that is good news. Your cake sounds good L4L. Sweet Dreamz Joe. I wonder how Ana did in her trial today...and Peter, of course.

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Peter and I did awesome. It was an incredible 8.4 mile run and brutal obstacles but we did it! I had a bit of a mishap and fell about 5 feet off a muddy wall and landed on my tail bone and lower back. I did the last two miles in considerable pain but lots of determination. Sad to say it's been getting worse as the evening is going along but I still wouldn't have traded the experience for anything. We will see how it does tomorrow but I think I just bruised it.